Variable stripping teeth



Feb.11,1941. E wmco'g 2,231,354

VARIABLE STRIPPING TEETH Filed March 19, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. I

lnvenror E veref/ W/Ycox AHorneys Feb. 11,1941. EWILCOX 2,231,354

K VARIAILE STRIPPINGVTEETH I n A Filed March 19. 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 3

Y y E vere" Wilcox per .91 hm I @iv-3i WA horneys Patented Feb". u, 1941 UNITED'l s'rA'rEs PATENT oFFlcs (Granted under the. not of March 3,' 1883, as. amended April 38, 1928: 378 0. G. 757) This application is made under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended by the act of April 30, 1928, and the invention herein described and claimed, if patented. may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any. royalty thereon. t V

This invention relates to grain stripping harvesters, and is concerned with the teeth thereof.

More particularly, this invention is an improvement in the teeth arrangement in the device disclosed in United States", Letters Patent No.

2,152,730'. l One of the objects of the invention is to permit a. variation of the space between the grain stripping teeth to accommodate different sizes of grain stalk.

Another object of this invention is to obviate the necessity of replacing teeth, which have become worn, by making a simple adjustment to compensate for the wear. p

The following description, considered together with the accompanying drawings. will disclose V this invention more fully, itsconstruction, arrangments, and combinations of parts, and further objects and advantages thereof will be apparent.

Inthe drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of a grain stripping harvester of the type mentioned showing an embodiment of this invention. mounted thereon.

iigiue2isaplanviewofoneofthecombasmin semblies. Figure 3 is a section along the line 8 8 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is 'a section along theline 8-4 of Figure 2.

Referring with more particularity to the draw- 40 ings, in which like numerals'dengnateuxe parts,-

the embodiment illustrated' comprises a plurality of comb assemblies I8 adapted to be operatively attached to the harvester, in place of the usual rows of stripping teeth, projecting through aperturesll of the rotatable cylinder I2. Each comb assembly4 eompnses e sheet or piste l: er mem, or other sintablefmaterial, which has been cut out in the form of a comb to provide a plurality of teeth Il. The teeth I8. may befarcuated as showniin Figure 3, and as suggested in the abovementioned patent. On top of said sheet I8 another sheet or plate I5 lis disposed similar to,

but somewhat narrower than, the plate I2, and

it is also cut out toprovide a comb of teeth I8., ya5 These two plates are held together in slidable relation. -Lugs I1 and I8 are xed to the plate I5 and they project through apertures I8 and 28, respectively, in the plate I8. Pairs -of brackets 2I, 2| and 22, 22'are fixed to the plate I8, each ,pair nearing the apertures is and zo, respee- 5 tively Bolts 28 and 24, one for each lug, are disposed through the brackets 2I, 2I and 22. 22, respectively, and their corresponding lugs I1 and I8. These bolts are held in position by means oi nuts 2i and 28. One of the bolts, say bolt 28, l0`

is threaded and its corresponding lug I1 is Aalso threaded to engage therewith. The other bolt 24 simply engages its corresponding lug I8 in a slidable relation. The head 21 of the bolt 28 is preferably knurled, or otherwise provided with 15 an anti-friction surface, to permit manual turning. By these means the plates I8 and 'I5 are not only held together, but are also made longitudinally adjustable with respect to each other. The adjustment is accomplished by loosening the 20 nut 2l of the threaded bolt .28 and turning the bolt until the desired relative position of the plates I8 and I5 is obtained.

One edge of each of the teeth |6is flanged to provide a lipV 28, projecting between adjacent 25 teeth of the sheet I8, the thickness of the lips 28 being substantially equal to the thickness of the teeth Il. The correSpOnding edges of the teeth Il are cut out to'provide recesses 28 for the lips 28.` Thespaces 88 between the lips 28 and 30 'their respective adjacent teeth Il are where the cereal 'stalks enter and are stripped of their 'I'hesespacesmaybeadjustedfor difeV ierentv sizes of grain and to compensate for the wearing o f the vedges of the teeth by simply ad- 35 -justing the relative longitudinal positions' oi the plates I8. and I5, as above described.

To prevent the blocking of any grain stalks entering between the teeth I l, for "any position of the teeth I8 with respect to the teeth I8, 40 the outer ends oi' the 'teeth I6 are tapered, or otherwise narrowed, substantially as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a grain stripping harvester, grain stripping means comprising pairs of coactable combs 45 of xed teeth, lugs secured to one of the combs of each pair, said lugs projecting through apertures in the other comb, brackets secured at the lateral ends of said apertures, bolts connecting said lugs and their corresponding brackets, at 50 least one of the lugs of each pair of combs beingv in threaded engagement with its corresponding bolt, the other lugs being 4slidably mounted on their respective bolts.

2.a grain stripp'e ,having a pair of, combs. 55

the-teemof-botneombsbemenxesmeetn of one comb being overlapped on the teeth of theothercombsoastoi'ormnspe between each tooth of one comb and a. corresponding tooth o! the other comb for receiving grain stalks, and means for securing seid combs in different relative positions so as to vary the width of said 3.1i grain stripper having a pair of combs,

l0 the teeth 0fl mbs being xed, the teeth of one comb being overlappedon the teeth ot the othercombsoastoformaspacebetweenan Yedge 'oi' each tooth 'of one comb and the 0pm'- site edge of a corresponding tooth oi' the other comb for receiving grain stalks, said edges being 5 EVERE'IT WIIQCOX. 10 

